I am Still Annoying

notes on an autism assessment - part 2

Hello all,

A few weeks ago I had an assessment, after a previous assessment, but before a possible proper assessment, to see if I needed an assessment for autism. See here for the report on that I am Annoying. I now have the report back from that assessment. As I expected I was told I wasn’t going to be put forward for a full assessment. I wasn’t shocked. My beautiful husband and wonderful kids assured me the report was wrong. It was great seeing my husband also be annoyed at the report and support me. Needless to say I quickly gathered my autistic arse underneath me and wrote an 8 page rebuttal. My autistic adult kids laughed at that saying it was such an autistic thing to do. ‘The Rebuttal’, as it now shall be known, is residing in duplicate in two envelopes one for my Dr and one for the assessment team.

I was possessed yesterday, writing The Rebuttal consumed me. I took the layout of the report and imported its structure to a document, highlighted each heading and sub heading, and section by section worked through, pointing out mistakes (you would think spelling my name right would be the simplest and most respectful thing to do) and factual misrepresentations. Then I turned to the actual rebuttal of what was said. In one section the assessor use my chat about my special interest to prove I didn’t chat about my special interest. I ended up writing more than the report in the end.

I did mention in my cover letter that I had been advised to make a complaint about the assessment but that I wasn’t going to. I very much doubt that anything will come of it. I’ll continue to let you know how it goes.

What I do next is now up for cogitation. Do I fight this though this agency? Do I go private looking for an agency used to older females that have masked extremely highly their whole lives? Or do I just go with self diagnosis? I’ve lived for 57 years without diagnosis what will validation give me, other than validation of course?

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